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- Wife of slain Olympian shot-putter claims she killed her husband after suffering years of abuse at his hand.
- The Dalai Lama shared his message of peace with a crowd gathered to hear him yesterday at Universal City.
- Officials in Long Beach are seeking backing for a plan to improve the Gerald Desmond Bridge, which is similar to the one that collapsed in Minnesota in 2007, killing 13 and injuring 145 people.
- Thieves made off with $25,000 worth of computers and electronics from a small school in Inglewood.
- Restaurant workers in San Juan Capistrano have filed complaints against their former employer for paying them with checks that bounced. The staff walked out, forcing the eatery to shut down for a week.
- Former Co-owner of a now-defunct LA hospital has been ordered to pay over $4 million in restitution for defrauding Medicare and MediCal.
- Ladies, do you feel safe waiting for public transit? What do LA women feel is not being addressed at bus and other transit stops?
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